I long for a decent OS.

[EDanaII]

Yes. Why not?

Because, many's the time, after putting my machine in sleep or suspend that I couldn't get it too wake up. The end result: powering up anyway.

You'll forgive some of us if we don't trust that particular function in so called modern PCs. :-)

Ed.

[EDanaII]

@ GreggBz:

Blame ACPI, not the OS. It's a horrible, bloated specification.

How about if I blame both? :-)

ACPI might be the root cause, but Windows is the visible factor, and since M$ has spend much of their power controlling the standards, why not control this one too.

In any case, it's the entire system we judge, hardware, ACPI, OS and all, and, quite frankly, they suck.

Ed.

[EDanaII]

@ downward_s:

APCI just doesn't work, in my experience. A bit like most features that are supposed to make life easier.. it's just badly implemented.

Yup, and, personally, as a firm beleiver in the KISS philosophy, what's the better approach? A system that has to save the current state of the OS before it shuts down so that you can start it up quickly? Or an OS that just starts up quickly?

I prefer the solution with "the least moving parts." :-)

Ed.